Posts with the ‘Hiring’ tag
We don’t lack smart people in business these days. Smart people are everywhere. We lack leaders. The latest studies are proving leadership equates to profits. Developing good leaders does more to effect the bottom line of an organization than hiring yet another top graduate from a famous school.
The first team I led had two women, two African American’s and someone of Asian descent. The other 5 were white males. Our team picture could have been used as an HR poster for diversity! I hired most of them because I felt they were of high character and high potential. Diversity was not part […]
Why does one person get hired over another? Why does one person get fired over another? Performance is a good reason. Values are an even better reason. A hypocrite is someone who says one thing but does another. Therefore, an organization that claims values that they do not demonstrate is hypocritical and so is its […]
Dave Anderson interviews Jeb Blount. Topic: What Makes Great Sales People Great? (30 minutes) Jeb Blount is the CEO of Sales Gravy (www.salesgravy.com) and the best selling author of Fanatical Prospecting along with 6 other best sellers. All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 5 Million downloads to date!) Please rate us […]
Who is ready to lead? Someone has been promoted. Someone has left the company. Someone needs to be ready. But is that person already available or do you have to go outside the organization? That is the question. There are a lot of highly skilled people waiting for a chance to lead. But, we all […]
Lee Salz- Show #2, author of Hire Right, Higher Profits speaks with Dave Anderson about Onboarding New Hires to Insure Their Success on this 30 minute podcast. All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 4.5 Million downloads to date!) Check out Lee’s first show on Hiring too. Please rate us on iTunes […]
Lee Salz, author of Hire Right, Higher Profits speaks with Dave Anderson about Hiring the Right Salespeople for Your Business on this 30 minute podcast. All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 4.5 Million downloads to date!) Please rate us on iTunes as well! Other resources -free PDF downloads of character-based interview […]
Leadership – Duty – Adaptability. These are three traits that make veterans great hires. The business world may call them Management Experience – Accountability – Problem-Solving. Many who have not served do not understand the experience veterans have beyond what they see in the media and/or from Hollywood. Veterans need to get better at discussing […]
Julie had her reservations. She wasn’t sure if this guy was right for the job. Over my first 18 months on the job, Julie always spoke with candor, and she seemed to be a good judge of people. But, I didn’t listen. I convinced myself, and then her, that this guy was right for the […]
Dave Anderson discusses Hiring for Character with author Garrett Miller. They discuss finding people with Work Ethic, Humility, Integrity and Maturity. Garrret Miller is the author of the books Hire on a WHIM and Hired Right Out of College. More Podcasts also available on iTunes. Other resources -free PDF downloads of interview questions are available […]
